For their fourth studio album, Lessons (out on September 24), Missouri-based indie-rockers Ha Ha Tonka left it all on the table. "We wanted to get as crazy as we possibly could in the studio," guitarist-singer Brian Roberts told ELLE.com when he checked in from Southern California. "We really wanted to make the biggest-sounding record we'd ever made." The centerpiece of the album is its title track, a steady, rhythmic rocker, which you can now listen to exclusively below.

The song has a driving, almost pulse-like drumbeat and a repeated lyrical mantra. "I keep learning the same lessons over again," Roberts sings on the track. "It feels hypnotic as opposed to monotonous. There was a real pulse to that song. It felt like we were making the center of the record."

Lessons was recorded in two multi-day studio sessions in Omaha, Nebraska, and New York City, with producers Dan Molad (Lucius) and The Ryantist. When recording in Omaha, at Bright Eyes' ARC Studios, Ha Ha Tonka, which also includes guitarist Brett Anderson, bassist Luke Long and drummer Lennon Bone, had what Roberts called a "nonstop party-studio atmosphere."